The course introduces basic concepts and features of Monsoon, SW and NE monsoons over India; monsoon trough, onset and advance of monsoon, synoptic features associated with onset, break active and weak monsoons and their prediction. The course also describes components of SW Monsson including: Tibetan anti-cyclone, off-shore vortices and trough, low level jet, Mascarene high, monsoon depression, mid-tropospheric cyclone. Prediction of Indian monsoons is also the focus of the course.